Environmental Change and Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780415483438 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 236 str.

G. Harris Paul

Opis

This volume introduces the concepts and theories of environmental foreign policy and explores how countries have approached different issues to examine the role of foreign policy politics in protecting the environment.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Environmental Foreign Policy in Theory and Practice Paul G. Harris     Part 1: Theory  2. Theories of Environmental Foreign Policy: Power, Interests, and Ideas John Barkdull and Paul G. Harris  3. The Symbolism of Environmental Policy: Foreign Policy Commitments as Signaling Tools Loren R. Cass  4. Pluralistic Politics and Public Choice: Theories of Business and Government Responses to Climate Change Thomas L. Brewer  5. The Politics of Socionatures: Images of Environmental Foreign Policy Maximilian Mayer and Friedrich J. Arndt  Part 2: Practice  6. The Domestication of International Environmental Conventions: Biodiversity in Ugandan Foreign Policy David R. Mutekanga  7. From Local Protest to the International Court of Justice: Forging Environmental Foreign Policy in Argentina Isabella Alcaniz and Ricardo Gutierrez  8. Finnish Environment and Foreign Policy: Supranationalism, Pragmatism, and Consensus Building Mika Merviö  9. Canada's Foreign Policy on Persistent Organic Pollutants: The Making of an Environmental Leader Ken Wilkening and Charles Thrift  10. Greening the Streams: Water in EU and US Foreign Policy Sara Hughes and Lena Partzsch  11. Trade and the Environment: Foreign Policies of Developing Countries in Asia  Yohei Harashima  12. Financing for the Environment: Explaining Unequal Burden Sharing  Aike Müller 13. Conclusion: Environmental Foreign Policy: Towards a Conceptual Framework Mihaela Papa

O autorze

Paul G. Harris is the Chair Professor of Global and Environmental Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong.